Recently, the European Parliament rejected the European Commission's proposal to allow the import of over 30 products containing pesticide thiacloprid residues. The proposal was rejected with 386 votes in favor, 186 votes against, and 52 abstentions.

    The veto by the European Parliament means that the maximum residue limit (MRL) of thiacloprid in imported food will remain at zero residue levels. According to EU regulations, MRL is the maximum allowable pesticide residue level in food or feed. When the EU prohibits a certain pesticide, the MRL of the substance on imported products is set to 0.01mg/kg, which is zero residue of the technical material.

    Thiamethasone is a new type of chlorinated nicotine insecticide that can be widely used to control stinging and chewing mouthpiece pests on many crops. However, due to its impact on pollinators such as bees, the European Union has implemented progressive restrictions on it since 2013.

    This is the second recent veto by the European Parliament on pesticide residues in imported products.

    Last December, the European Parliament opposed the sale of rice containing tricyclazole in the EU market, citing health and environmental issues, as well as the principle of reciprocity between European and third country food producers. Triconazole is a thiazole fungicide specifically designed for the prevention and control of rice blast, belonging to the thiazole class. Its bactericidal mechanism is mainly to inhibit the formation of melanin in attached spores, thereby inhibiting spore germination and attached spore formation, preventing bacterial invasion, and reducing the production of rice blast fungus spores.